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Sustainability Certifier 4C Launches EUDR Compliance Services for Coffee

Germany-based third-party sustainability certification provider 4C Services has launched a suite of services for coffee and cocoa companies seeking compliance with new European deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR) legislation. New reporting...

2024.01.19

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Unintended Consequences of EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) on Smallholder Coffee Producers, Part 2

[Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part column by guest author Andrew Hetzel. Read Part 1 here. Daily Coffee News does not engage in sponsored content of any...

2024.01.19

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Unintended Consequences of EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) on Smallholder Coffee Producers, Part 1

[Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part column by guest author Andrew Hetzel. Daily Coffee News does not engage in sponsored content of any kind, and all views or...

2024.01.16

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Ethiopia Launches $20.8 Million Coffee Land Use Program (FOLUR)

In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Ethiopia has officially embarked on a long-term program to combat deforestation and integrate sustainability in the coffee sector....

2024.01.05

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Vollers Acquires Sensible Development Auction Platform, Launches V-Auction

A subsidiary of Germany-based logistics conglomerate Vollers Group has acquired the online coffee auction platform Sensible Development. Vollers has rebranded the platform under the name V-Auction, combining its existing auction...

2024.01.04

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The Biggest Green Coffee Stories of 2023

Continuing our 2023 Year in Review, we now turn to the big wide world of green coffee. One of the coffee industry’s biggest stories of the year was the decision...

2023.12.30

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Finnish Researchers Pushing for ‘Cellular Agriculture’ in Coffee

Scientists in Finland have shed new light on the process of making, roasting and analyzing lab-grown cellular coffee. Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland — a state-owned...

2023.12.13

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Report: China Overtakes United States as Largest Coffee Shop Market

China has overtaken the United States as the country with the highest number of coffee shops in the world, according to the latest annual report on the East Asian coffee...

2023.12.13

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Mercon Coffee Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Multinational green coffee trading company Mercon Coffee Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on Wednesday. The move was precipitated days earlier by the unexpected suspension of...

2023.12.09

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Australian Researchers Develop a ‘Coffee Character Wheel’

New research funded by an Australian government agricultural agency has produced the “Coffee Character Wheel,” a cupping tool designed to more thoroughly describe or identify coffee with the concept of...

2023.12.06

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